Diana Barnato Walker

Diana Barnato Walker MBE FRAeS (15 January 1918 - 28 April 2008) was an English aviatrix and horse rider, the first British woman to break the sound barrier. Her father was the famous car racing driver Woolf Barnato who was Chairman of Bentley Motors and also a leading member of their racing team. Her mother was Dorothy Maitland Falk of White Plains, New York. Diana Barnato was a 1936 debutante at the age of 18 and was presented to King Edward VI... more

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  • Jan 15, 1918

Date of death:

  • Apr 28, 2008 (age 90 years)
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